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- [Narrator] This is OHSU.
Shaped by leaders, pioneers
and those brave enough to take that first step.
We carry the torch and shine a light on what is possible.
We are a collaboration of disciplines
listening to one another, learning from each other.
The OHSU Pediatric Hematology
and Oncology Fellowship Program
is more than an opportunity to gain experience.
It's your time to serve with a community of trailblazers
and groundbreakers.
- I can't imagine a better job in the world
than being a pediatrician.
We are here for four things.
We're here for clinical care for sure,
but we're also here for research.
We are here for education
and we are certainly here for advocacy.
And fellows that come that are excited about
that four-legged stool that really supports
all of pediatrics.
We're going to be excited about them.
- The learning environment here and the camaraderie
within the Department of Pediatrics
is why I chose OHSU in the first place.
And then I stayed here for a chief year
and then fellowship because of the people
and this department that really works together
and supports each other.
- The camaraderie is fantastic
within all the different departments
and the faculty really make us stay in charge
and have the ownership of our patients.
And my preceptor is there to supervise.
I, as an oncologist,
feel proud and comfortable having these discussions.
And that's primarily due to the freedom
that is being given to our fellows.
- I have mentors from all different parts of the department
and across the institution as well.
(laughs)
Dana Braner is an amazing cheerleader
for our whole department.
In the last few months he's been sending out these emails
during times of COVID,
that sort of elevate
and work to unite us against this force
and reminding us what our mission is,
which is to take the best care of our patients
and families here at Doernbecher.
- We are very big on communicating and we're very big
on transparency.
Nothing will happen to our faculty or our trainees
or the nurses or the therapists or the dieticians,
or the 2,000 people who work here to support children
without them knowing about it.
And without them being a part of it.
And I love the fact that the fellows push me
to be a better physician in literally every interaction
I have with them.
One of the benefits of being in a smaller program
is that you really do get to know everybody here
and they in turn get to know you.
And so when I'm on the phone with prospective jobs
for these fellows,
I'm able to speak in a way that a lot of fellowship
directors or a lot of chairs of other larger programs
really can't.
- Fellowship in hematology oncology is very challenging
from an emotional perspective.
So from the get-go our program has something
called as a Fellow Support Group.
And this is something that's very unique to our program.
I have interviewed at various other programs,
both for residency and fellowship,
but no other program has taken fellow wellness
into this detail and actually applied,
not only talking about wellness,
but actually doing something about it.
- What I would say is different about OHSU
is that it will value whatever you want to value as well.
It doesn't have to feel like fellowship
is one more stepping stone,
where then you might go forward and do something different.
You can start doing that different thing now.
- We have created a community of people here
who are very much for children and families,
but also are incredibly able to get the work done,
to learn from each other and to have a good time doing it.
Even though it's a cliche that, you know,
we say our faculty is like a family.
Our faculty is very much like a family.
And I think that really helps.
And when our fellows emerge from this program,
they will be able to go anywhere in the world
and do amazing things.
And that's what we're all about.
- OHSU is unique and that we recognize that every fellow
is distinct and it's going to have a different career path.
The fellows that come to our fellowship
in Pediatric Hematology Oncology,
learn a wide range of things about pediatric
hematology oncology.
They're going to see every single diagnosis there is.
We have people from all over the world
that traveled to Portland, Oregon
and want to work here at the Knight Cancer Institute,
because it is so world renowned for its research
and our fellows are the beneficiaries of that
and get to work with these leaders in the fields.
Our fellows also learn how to just be
a pediatric hematology oncologist.
There's a lot more to doing this job
than just having the medical knowledge
or knowing how to do the procedures.
You also need to know how to have work life balance,
how to take care of yourself,
how to have self compassion,
how to deal with stress,
how to deal with difficult patients and families.
All of this goes into being
a good pediatric hematology oncologist
and our fellows will learn all of that.
What is it that you want to be doing clinically?
Is there a certain subtype of patients
you wanna be following every day in clinic?
And what do you want to be doing,
when you're not seeing patients?
Do you want to be doing research, education,
advocacy work and let's find a way
to build those passions together,
so that everyone can have a career they can be happy about
and that they want to do longterm.
- [Narrator] At some point, it's about the why you do
what you do as much as the how.
We do it because we are bold.
We do it because someone needs to make the difference.
And we know we can make the difference
because we already have.
We welcome the curious,
inspired
and those willing to be bold.
This is OHSU.